EVR vs. RJF, LPLA, SF, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Evercore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evercore include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Evercore vs.
Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Evercore pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Raymond James pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evercore has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Raymond James is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Evercore has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Raymond James has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Evercore currently has a consensus target price of $294.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.25%. Raymond James has a consensus target price of $156.09, suggesting a potential downside of 6.53%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Evercore is more favorable than Raymond James.
86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Evercore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Raymond James shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 20 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Raymond James and 1 mentions for Evercore. Raymond James' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Evercore's score of -0.28 indicating that Raymond James is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Raymond James has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Evercore's net margin of 11.45%. Evercore's return on equity of 20.20% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Raymond James received 186 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.25% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 57.85% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
Summary
Evercore beats Raymond James on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EVR) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
